re An unnecessary invitation

[Dave Monroe]

No, I'm just as cranky as anyone else here, and then
some.  Though I do have a doctor's excuse ...

--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> At the end of 2002, I'd say thanks are due Dave
> Monroe for the work he's done to enrich the
> discussion here, by digging up and pointing us to
> a wealth of interesting online resources.  I've
> discovered many books and articles that I've
> enjoyed reading as a result of his work. I don't
> know anybody who does more to keep the discussion
> moving along, with more tact.

... but I'd also thank Doug along these lines, along
with many, many others here, both on and offlist.  I
follow up on as much as I possibly can.  And, as I
don't recall much of anyone else here joining me on
this on the dozen/three occasions I've mentioned this,
despite any differences et soforthiam betwixt us, I'd
esp. like to thank Robert for an heroic effort in
keeping the M&D reading afloat for, what, a year and
some significant chnage?  I wish I'd've had the time,
stamina, tenacity, versatility and, above all, will to
do so myself.  Fortunately, I didn't need to. 
Whatever else the rest of you got out of MDDM, I
acquired both a newfound respect for a novel I'd
devoured once as quickly as possible without taking
the time to relish it, not to mention some use value
out of a whole lotta material that I'd been accruing
without realizing just what had given me the idea to
buy sight unseen, say, a book on magnetism in
eighteenth-century literature.  And I learned a whole
lotta other stuff along the way.  So thanks for 2002,
and a felicitous Ought-Three to y'all.  Okay, now back
to being an asshole myself ...

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